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Gap Inc. appoints leadership for beauty and accessories expansion

Gap Inc. is making a strategic push into the beauty and accessories markets, appointing new leadership and engaging industry experts to guide the expansion. The company announced the appointments of Deb Redmond as general manager of beauty and Michele Parsons as general manager of accessories. These new categories are seen as a way for Gap Inc....

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Estée Lauder suspends executive after racial slur on Instagram

Beauty conglomerate Estée Lauder has suspended one its longstanding executives after a controversial Instagram post contained a racial slur. John Demsey, an executive group president, was suspended for an undisclosed duration for a sharing a meme mocking Sesame Street characters and a joke about Covid-19. Estée Lauder said in an internal memo...